The Thirteen College Curriculum Program is a cooperative venture involving predominantly Negro colleges and the Institution for Services to Education. The program is developing five new courses for the freshman year of college and two new courses for the sophomore year. The program consists of 100 students on each campus in the first-year program…

This course involves practice in a sleeve-making techniques. Prior to entry in this course the vocational student will have completed "Section Work--Pocket Setting." Upon completion of the course the student will be able to understand the underlying principles of sewing individual sections of garments using factory techniques comparable…

Designed to help the inactive registered nurse, the Federally funded refresher course, developed by the Arizona State Nurses' Association, focuses on the review and updating of nursing knowledge and skills. The course uses a self-instructional, individualized learning process that can be applicable to as few as one or two students. The curriculum…

In this brief course outline are material and content designed to provide students with the knowledge and skills needed to act as receptionists in an office atmosphere. Functional duties--telephone calls, petty cash, simple typing jobs, making travel arrangements and appointments--compose the course content. Also provided: performance objectives…

The course will appeal to those senior high school students interested in clothing pattern development and those interested in careers in fashion design. The course provides the opportunity for the fashion design student to work with half scale basic patterns used for making garments. The student learns by the flat pattern principles how to alter…

The course is designed for students, grades 10 to 12, with vocational aspirations in the field of interior design or in related fields. An individualized approach is used, and behavioral objectives are specified. The course outline cites independent study guidelines, career projects, design projects, decorating projects, construction and…

The course has no prerequisites, offers instruction in basic drafting room techniques and procedures, and also covers job opportunities and industrial methods in engineering. The student is introduced to and asked to perform fundamental drafting problems with working drawings, using multiview and auxiliary views and sections. The course also…

The course consists of six instructional blocks totaling 135 clock hours: (1) functional drafting, (2) threads and fasteners, (3) pictorial drawings, (4) introduction to electronic drafting, (5) introduction to piping drafting, and (6) Quinmester posttest. Mastery of skills indicated in Drafting-Basic--9255.01 is a prerequisite. In the functional…

Intended for the student interested in obtaining high speed and control, the course includes drills that will enable the student to prepare more complex business forms and reports with a high degree of speed and accuracy. It is a culminating basic course for vocational competency, requiring the course Advanced Clerical Typewriting (7705.11) as a…

The course will contribute to competency in all office occupations by equipping students with the basic skills needed to apply grammar, punctuation, capitalization, abbreviations, and number style to simple business communications. Offered as an elective, the course is intended for 12th grade students and has no prerequisites. Performance…

A terminological approach, constructed around key words in textual material, emphasizes vocabulary in the context of organized frames of reference. This research was directed toward stating a terminological approach in operational terms in order to develop and test procedures for acquiring vocabulary by computer. Three phases are described: (1)…

A description is provided of an attempt at Harvard University to integrate course content with technology and the institutional setting. The course, "Communication in Societies," was aimed at non-science majors and explored the science and technology of communication and their effects on social organization. The objective was to impart…

This booklet describes a course of instruction on the theory of Spanish shorthand. Topics discussed include course description; course enrollment guidelines; course content; suggested procedures, strategies, and learning activities; evaluative instruments, and resources for students and teachers. An appendix contains a Spanish business vocabulary,…

This booklet describes a course of instruction on the dictation and transcription of Spanish shorthand. Topics discussed include course description; course enrollment guidelines; course content; suggested procedures, strategies, and learning activities; evaluative instruments; and resources for students and teachers. An appendix contains tests,…

In this survey course high school students investigated Black artists in America. Objectives are for students to explore the Black artists' contribution to the American art scene; to analyze the impact of the new Black movement on trends in American art; and to participate in the design and creation of various art objects which reflect this…